Holding fast to an image of the past : essays on Marxism and history / Neil Davidson ; cover design by Eric Kerl

Author: Davidson, Neil
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Haymarket Books, 2014.
Copyright Date: ©2014
Physical Description: 1 online resource (434 pages)
Additional Creators: Kerl, Eric

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Contents

Preface; Chapter 1: Tom Nairn and the Inevitability of Nationalism; Chapter 2: Marx and Engels on the Scottish Highlands; Chapter 3: The Prophet, His Biographer, and the Watchtower; Chapter 4: There's No Place Like the United States Today; Chapter 5: Carnival, March, Riot; Chapter 6: Alasdair MacIntyre as a Marxist; Chapter 7: Reimagined Communities; Chapter 8: Walter Benjamin and the Classical Marxist Tradition; Chapter 9: Shock and Awe; Chapter 10: Antonio Gramsci's Reception in Scotland; Chapter 11: Women and the Lost World of Scottish Communism and Chapter 12: Eric Hobsbawm's Unanswered QuestionChapter 13: The Posthumous Adventures of Adam Smith; Notes; Index; About the Author

Summary

Davidson discusses how Marxism can retain a sense of historical tradition without becoming fossilized.

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9781608463558 (electronic bk.)
1608463559 (electronic bk.)
9781608463336

Note

Includes index.

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